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Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur

The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established on 12th June 1964 at Hyderabad. The University was formally inaugurated on 20th March 1965 by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India. Another significant milestone was the inauguration of the building programme of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi,the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India on 23rd June 1966. The University was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on 7th November 1996 in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga, who rendered remarkable selfless service for the cause of farmers and is regarded as an outstanding educationist, kisan leader and freedom fighter. HISTORICAL MILESTONE Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12th of June 1964 through the APAU Act 1963. Later, it was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on the 7th of November, 1996 in honour and memory of the noted Parliamentarian and Kisan Leader, Acharya N. G. Ranga. At the verge of completion of Golden Jubilee Year of the ANGRAU, it has given birth to a new State Agricultural University namely Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University with the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. The ANGRAU at LAM, Guntur is serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication. Genesis of ANGRAU in service of the farmers 1926: The Royal Commission emphasized the need for a strong research base for agricultural development in the country... 1949: The Radhakrishnan Commission (1949) on University Education led to the establishment of Rural Universities for the overall development of agriculture and rural life in the country... 1955: First Joint Indo-American Team studied the status and future needs of agricultural education in the country... 1960: Second Joint Indo-American Team (1960) headed by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Vice-President of Indian Council of Agricultural Research recommended specifically the establishment of Farm Universities and spelt out the basic objectives of these Universities as Institutional Autonomy, inclusion of Agriculture, Veterinary / Animal Husbandry and Home Science, Integration of Teaching, Research and Extension... 1963: The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) Act enacted... June 12th 1964: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established at Hyderabad with Shri. O. Pulla Reddi, I.C.S. (Retired) was the first founder Vice-Chancellor of the University... June 1964: Re-affilitation of Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Hyderabad (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Osmania University), Agricultural College, Bapatla (estt. in 1945, affiliated to Andhra University), Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati and Andhra Veterinary College, Tirupati (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University)... 20th March 1965: Formal inauguration of APAU by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... 1964-66: The report of the Second National Education Commission headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, Chairman of the University Grants Commission stressed the need for establishing at least one Agricultural University in each Indian State... 23, June 1966: Inauguration of the Administrative building of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... July, 1966: Transfer of 41 Agricultural Research Stations, functioning under the Department of Agriculture... May, 1967: Transfer of Four Research Stations of the Animal Husbandry Department... 7th November 1996: Renaming of University as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga... 15th July 2005: Establishment of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) bifurcating ANGRAU by Act 18 of 2005... 26th June 2007: Establishment of Andhra Pradesh Horticultural University (APHU) bifurcating ANGRAU by the Act 30 of 2007... 2nd June 2014 As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014, ANGRAU is now... serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication...

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    FINGER MILLET [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn] PRODUCTIVITY AS INFLUENCED BY CROP GEOMETRY AND AGE OF SEEDLINGS
    (Acharya N.G.Ranga Agricultural University,Guntur, 2015) ANITHA, DODDI; NAGAVANI, A.V.
    A field experiment entitled “Finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn] productivity as influenced by crop geometry and age of seedlings” was carried out during rabi, 2014 - 15 on sandy clay loam soils of dryland farm of S.V.Agricultural college, Tirupati, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural university. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design and replicated thrice. The treatments consisted of T1-(ANGRAU package i.e, Transplanting of 25 days old seedlings at 15 cm × 10 cm @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1), T2 -Transplanting of 12 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm, T3 -Transplanting of 12 days old seedlings at 25 cm × 25 cm, T4 -Transplanting of 12 days old seedlings at 30 cm × 30 cm, T5 -Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm, T6 -Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 25 cm × 25 cm, T7 -Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 30 cm × 30 cm, T8 -Transplanting of 18 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm, T9 -Transplanting of 18 days old seedlings at 25 cm × 25 cm, T10 -Transplanting of 18 days old seedlings at 30 cm × 30 cm. Single seedling hill-1 was common from T2 to T10 tested in the experiment. Among different crop geometry practices and age of seedlings, the ANGRAU package i.e, T1 (Transplanting of 25 days old seedlings at 15 cm × 10 cm @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1) resulted in the highest plant population, tallest plants, maximum LAI, highest dry matter production and total number of tillers m-2 and it was at par with T5 (Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedlings hill-1), while, the plant population and LAI were at their lowest with T4 (Transplanting of 12 days old seedlings at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1) and the remaining growth parameters were recorded lower with T10 (Transplanting of 18 DOS at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedling hill-1). The number of days taken for 50 per cent flowering was less with T2 (Transplanting of 12 DOS at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedling hill-1) which was at par with T3 (Transplanting of 12 DOS at 25 cm × 25 cm with single seedling hill-1), whereas, the ANGRAU package i.e, T1 (Transplanting of 25 days old seedlings at 15 cm × 10 cm @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1) resulted in delayed flowering. All the yield attributes of finger millet viz., number of productive tillers m-2, number of fingers earhead-1, thousand grain weight, length of the finger were found to be the highest with T5 (Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedlings hill-1) which was at par with T2 (Transplanting of 12 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedlings hill-1) and all of them were found to be at their lowest with T10 (Transplanting of 18 days old seedlings at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1). Among different crop geometry practices and age of seedlings tried, T5 (Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedlings hill-1) resulted in the highest grain yield, which was comparable with T2 (Transplanting of 12 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedlings hill-1). The lowest grain yield was produced with T10 (Transplanting of 18 days old seedlings at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1). Straw yield was higher with ANGRAU package i.e, T1 (Transplanting of 25 days old seedlings at 15 cm × 10 cm @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1) which was at par with T5 (Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedling hill-1). The lowest straw yield was produced with T10 (Transplanting of 18 DOS at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1). The highest harvest index was registered with T5 (Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedling hill-1) which was at par with T2 (Transplanting of 12 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedling hill-1) while all of them were found to be at their lowest with T1 (ANGRAU package i.e, transplanting of 25 days old seedlings at 15 cm × 10 cm @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1). The highest uptake of N, P and K was recorded with T1 (ANGRAU package i.e, transplanting of 25 DOS at 15 cm × 10 cm @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1) which was at par with T5 (Transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedling hill-1) while the uptake of all the three major nutrients was the lowest with T10 (Transplanting of 18 DOS at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1). The highest post harvest nutrient status of soil available N, P2O5 and K2O was recorded with T10 (Transplanting of 18 DOS at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1) and T4 (Transplanting of 12 DOS at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1) with no significant difference between them, while it was found to be the lowest with T1 (ANGRAU package i.e, transplanting of 25 DOS at 15 cm × 10 cm @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1). The higher weed density (No. m-2) and weed dry weight (g m-2) was registered with T10 (Transplanting of 18 DOS at 30 cm × 30 cm spacing with single seedling hill-1), while, the lowest values of weed density (No. m-2) and weed dry weight (g m-2) were noticed with T1 (ANGRAU package i.e, transplanting of 25 DOS at 15 cm × 10 cm spacing @ 2-3 seedlings hill-1). The light interception was maximum with T5 (Transplanting of 15 DOS at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedling hill-1), while, the lowest light interception was recorded under T10 (Transplanting of 18 DOS at 30 cm × 30 cm with single seedlings hill-1). Economic analysis revealed that the highest gross returns and net returns with enhanced B:C ratio was recorded under T5 (Transplanting of 15 DOS at 20 cm × 20 cm with single seedlings hill-1), whereas, the lowest values were obtained with T10 (Transplanting of 18 DOS at 30 cm × 30cm with single seedlings hill-1). In conclusion, the study revealed that transplanting of 15 days old seedlings at 20 cm × 20 cm spacing with single seedling per hill-1 resulted in the maximum grain yield of finger millet and monetary returns in Southern agro climatic zone of Andhra Pradesh.